Subway, streetcars back running after morning outage

Crews have restored power toTTC streetcar and subway lines in downtown Toronto after an overnight fire inside a hydro vault knocked out electricity, stalling surface vehicles to set up anightmarish morning commute.

And though power has been restored, it will likely take a while for service to return to normal levels

The problems began with a fire in an underground hydro vault at 50 Richmond St., near Church Street, just after 1 a.m. ET.

That fire led to widespread power problems that brought most subways and streetcars to a halt in the downtown core during the inbound commute.The TTC dispatched 133 shuttle buses to move passengers across the affected routes, but crowds were left to deal with long lines.

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